ANNISTON, Ala. -- In the wake of a sixth-grader's suicide, Anniston leaders could send
police officers back into the schools, although Police Chief John
Dryden said school officials aren't responsible for the child's death, the Anniston Star reports.

The
Anniston City Council met Thursday to discuss bringing back the
city's school resource officer program, which began in 1997 and ended
in 2004 because of officer shortages, Dryden said.

Councilmen
called Thursday's meeting to discuss the program in response to the
Oct. 27 death of sixth-grader Tre'Juan Figures. Tre'Juan, who went by
Trey, took his own life in his west Anniston home.

Trey's family has said the 12-year-old committed suicide because he'd faced bullies at Anniston Middle School for more than a year.

School officials say they are investigating both those claims and the school's response to complaints the family says they made.